The night is getting deeper and the chill is getting stronger, but at this time, the private room of the inn is as bright and warm as spring.
Taishi Ci originally set up a banquet to entertain Zhou Yu in the evening in order to apologize for his younger sister. However, he casually chatted with Zhou Yu in the drinking room at the banquet.
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There was no way around it, Zhou Gongjin was not only naturally charming and easily liked by others, but the most important thing was that he was also one of the top military masters of this era. Taishi Ci was also a military general, so naturally it was easy for him to chat happily and have a good drink.
The relationship between the two quickly heated up, and soon they started calling each other cousins.
We continued chatting until we had finished our supper, but we still didn't feel tired. The guard who had been listening was confused and couldn't hold it in any longer and had already resigned and retreated to the dormitory. The girl named Qiao didn't leave, holding her chin in her hand.
Listening to the two men talking about battlefield battles and military affairs, they secretly glanced at Zhou Yu from time to time.
It is said that serious men are the most handsome. When he talks about the topic that interests him the most, Zhou Yu’s eyebrows are full of excitement at this moment. His already handsome face exudes a kind of burning charm. The girl looks at it and wonders.
Thinking of something, her cheeks gradually turned red, as if they were drunk by the blush, which was charming and eye-catching.
Oops, what are you thinking about?
The girl was afraid that Zhou Yu would see something strange about her, so she quickly lowered her head, laid her face on the lacquer table, and continued to think wildly. As a result, as she was thinking about it, a sleepyhead came up, and she fell into confusion without realizing it.
"This silly girl."
Taishi Ci smiled fondly, called the guards outside the door to bring a thick blanket, and gently put it on her body. Then he looked at Zhou Yu, smiled, and said softly: "Today Gong Jin really talked about sex with me."
The hook is drawn, what a "victory without killing", wonderful, wonderful."
But it was the two of them who just discussed ancient and modern times. When it came to famous generals in ancient times, Zhou Yu highly praised Jin She who lived in the early Western Han Dynasty.
Jin She was not an unknown person. He was one of the founding heroes in the early Western Han Dynasty. He was even listed in the Han Dynasty's "Biography of Fan Li Teng Guan Fu Jin Zhou", along with Fan Kuai, Guan Ying and others.
But whether in later generations or in the Han Dynasty, he was actually an unpopular figure who was not well-known, or not famous enough. Everyone knew about him, but few knew what he had done.
So why does Zhou Yu admire this person?
There is one very obvious and distinctive feature of Jin She's battles, that is, very few people were killed and many prisoners taken!
Like many generals in the Han army, Jin She also started to grow up from Liu Bang's pro-army, but from the first battle he recorded in history, he always captured more prisoners than directly annihilated the enemy and beheaded him.
Attacked Jiyang, killed one general, beheaded 56 people (and captured 73 prisoners)
Battle in Lantianbei, beheading two chariots and horses, one cavalry commander, beheading 28 people (and capturing 57 prisoners)
As Liu Bang proclaimed himself Queen of Han and the scale of the war escalated, Jin She's performance became even more exaggerated.
For example, the Battle of Pengcheng was the second highlight moment in the life of King Xiang Yu of Chu. Everyone knows that Liu Bang was defeated and returned in embarrassment. However, there was actually an extremely interesting episode in it.
When the Chu army launched a large-scale counterattack, the Han army was in danger, and people in all directions defected and rebelled. This also happened in Yongqiu, where Jin She was guarding. As a result, he not only defended the city and put down the rebellion, but also saved the city.
With his own army defeated thousands of miles away, he went upstream, took the initiative to attack, and defeated the Chu army in Xingyang.
In this battle, Jin She created another extremely exaggerated figure, capturing and persuading 14 officers and 4,680 subordinates to surrender to Liu Bang.
Please note that this happened during the Battle of Pengcheng. At that time, Liu Bang was beaten to the point of running away by Xiang Yu. It can be said that whether it was this victory or the ability to capture so many people without having an advantage in military strength, it was a great achievement.
An extremely difficult thing.
The key is to persuade them to surrender and dare to accommodate so many prisoners.
Later, Jin She always fought in this different way. Others' records were either great victories or conquered many areas, but Jin She? He just kept catching prisoners and persuading them to surrender.
In the battle of Chaoge, he captured two enemy cavalry officers and 250 chariots and horses. In the battle of defeating the Zhao army, he captured six enemy officers and surrendered 2,400 soldiers. In the battle of Pingyang, he captured two officials.
Well, it was overwhelming against the Chu army. The Han army sang loudly all the way, and naturally Jin She's tribe also took advantage of the victory to pursue them. In the final battle of Jiangling, they captured eight senior officials including the Grand Sima of Shangzhu State of Chu State and below, and captured Linjiang King Gong alive.
Lieutenant.
Of course, Jin She captured one of the biggest names, the military immortal Han Xin, but this cannot be regarded as a simple military victory. After all, Chen Ping made the plans and Liu Bang took action himself.
In any case, Jin She is indeed a famous general with great personal characteristics, so Zhou Yu said that he is "win without killing", but his personal reputation and family development are very average (the title of the Jin family was "inexplicable" during the reign of Emperor Wen)
It was cut down, resulting in that from beginning to end, it was not considered a noble family during the Han Dynasty), which is a pity.
"Brother Ziyi is absolutely right. It is not easy to win in a battle on the battlefield, and it is even more difficult to annihilate the enemy. "Victory without killing" like Jin She's is even more difficult."
Zhou Yu looked at the girl sleeping soundly, and began to lower his voice, "Although compassion does not control soldiers, a general should have a measure in his heart, and his actions should be measured. Bandits can be destroyed, and enemies should be punished, but they should not kill innocent people indiscriminately!
"
"A good man should not kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
Hearing these words, Taishi Ci was in agreement and almost wanted to praise him. The general held back and nodded repeatedly: "These words deeply touched my heart. This is not only what a general should do, but also a master of others."
Having said this, he seemed to have thought of something, his face darkened, and he sighed softly: "It's a pity that in today's troubled times, wolves are in power, rats are rampant, and although some people are benevolent, they are not lucky."
It is not difficult to guess what Taishi Ci said about the latter. He was a benevolent lord, but he was unlucky. At this time, it was Liu Bei of Chen State who matched him. However, Zhou Yu was very interested in another thing, "Why, does Ziyi brother have to go and join the army?"
Liu Bei?"
"What Mr. Xuande lacks now is not someone like me."
Taishi Ci shook his head: "Besides, he was expelled from Xuzhou by Wang Zheng that day, so he must have a desire to avenge his shame. Sooner or later, there will be a battle between the two sides. If I surrender to his army, won't it involve my relatives and friends?"
In the battles between other princes, it is true that the enemy's advisers and generals may have family members living in their own territory, but because both of them are from aristocratic families, the bottom line is basically that "no harm will come to the family".
After all, the initiator has no consequences. If you dare to cross the bottom line, wouldn't others dare?
But Wangzheng is different.
He is not from a noble family, and most of the people under his command are careless. It is entirely possible that he will not follow the rules and be unreasonable.
Moreover, within Qingzhou, Wangzheng's reputation was far worse than that of Xuzhou, so Taishi Ci had this concern himself.
The most important thing is that Liu Bei is now a guest in Chen State and has no territory of his own. Similarly, Tai Shici does not see how much chance he has. Otherwise, he can make a desperate move and persuade the family to move as a whole, and naturally there is no need to worry about Wang Zheng's revenge.
Already.
Zhou Yu nodded. He also felt the same in this regard. It was precisely because his uncle and family voted for Wang Zheng that he was in a dilemma now: "Speaking of which, Ziyi, you are from Donglai, why don't you vote for Wang Zheng?"
"Could it be that in your eyes, this kid is a so-called jackal or a rat?"
"That's not true." Taishi Ci tapped the case with his fingers: "Although this son committed many killings and acted violently in Qingzhou, bystanders clearly knew that this was forced by the situation and was a last resort. What he did after taking control of Xuzhou
What you do can prove this even more, and the overlord’s way is complicated.”
"It can be seen that this Wang Yukou is not only not a cruel king, but a promising leader with far-sightedness and relaxation."
Zhou Yu did not expect that Tai Shi Ci had such a high opinion of Wang Zheng. He was slightly startled and asked in surprise: "In that case, Ziyi is from Donglai, why don't you join Wang Zheng?"
"Gong Jin doesn't know something."
Hearing this, Taishi Ci stroked his short beard, leaned forward, and his voice became lower and lower, "When the Xuzhou army attacked Kong Rong before, they not only divided their troops into two groups, but also recruited a group of bandits from the Bohai Sea to attack from the rear.
I, Dong Lai, and one of my troops went to my hometown, Huang County."
"If these thieves only wanted to seize the city, they would burn, kill and loot all the way."
Speaking of this, Taishi Ci snorted softly, with a cold light in his eyes, "How can we just sit back and ignore the harm to the people of our village? I led my family generals to wipe out a group of people who were preparing to attack Huang County, and the leader of the thieves was changed.
He was shot with my own hands!"
Zhou Yu understood clearly that this thief leader must not be an ordinary person, otherwise Taishi Ci would not be so scrupulous. "Who is this person?"
"The leader of the bandits in the Bohai Sea and the descendant of the Sea Dragon King Zhang Bolu, Zhang Chongyue!"
Taishi Ci said in a deep voice: "After I learned the identity of this person, I knew that I had caused trouble, so I asked my men to put an end to it. I also chased and killed the escaped thieves all the way, hoping that this matter would not be leaked. After entering the city, I even concealed my identity.
Don't let the family publicize it, lest outsiders know that I have returned home and make assumptions."
"If so, then..."
"Because no one knows whether there was any leakage that day."
Taishi Ci gave a wry smile: "The Bohai bandits have now been incorporated into the Xuzhou navy, and many of them hold important positions. If I go to serve the king's government, what if I am recognized by someone who slipped through the net that day? Gong Jin, what do you say?
, am I not throwing myself into a trap?"
As he spoke, he looked melancholy and let out a long sigh, "Wang Zheng is a hero. If he can help to accomplish things and end the troubled times, he will be successful and famous. It will mark the history. It's a pity."
Taishi Ci's background cannot be considered low, but it is not high either. At least compared with Zhou Yu, it is far inferior. This is one of the reasons why he was not reused under Kong Rong and Liu Yao successively, and his ambition was difficult to realize. And these two times
The experience of failure has caused him to feel less and less confident in choosing a leader.
This is just like the resumes of job seekers that are most focused on when recruiting in the workplace in later generations. Even if they have average academic qualifications, why do they keep changing jobs? It can be seen that they are not calm enough. If you look at today's big men, they have no loyalty!
In the midst of melancholy, the girl rubbed her eyes and woke up. The room was warm and covered with blankets. At this time, her pink face was still red, but her cheeks were no longer as strange as before. "Aren't you finished talking yet?
Why did you mention General Tiangong?" she asked curiously.
"There were many killings when Sun Ce broke into Wancheng, and the Qiao family also suffered. In the end, Shuang'er and my junior sister escaped in desperation, so they hate Sun Ce very much."
At this time, the reputations of Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had not yet reached their peak in later generations. Apart from being close friends and people in Shucheng, few people actually knew about their friendship. Taishi Ci naturally did not know about it. Instead, he explained casually: "Sun Ce
Later, he was destroyed by Wang Zheng, and Qiao Shuang shared the same hatred with him, so he said that he was a hero and liked to call him by his old name."
Hearing this, Zhou Yu was startled at first, and then fell into silence.
Only at this moment did he realize that the joys and sorrows between people are not the same. Sun Ce's death made him sad, but it made many people applaud, cheer and encourage.
But he had no reason to anger Qiao Shuang and Tai Shi Ci. For example, Sun Ce's attack on Wancheng was not considered a fault in Zhou Yu's opinion.
So is it considered a fault for Wang Zheng to kill him?
"Little thief, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing the sudden melancholy in Zhou Yu's eyes, Qiao Shuang looked at it, feeling obsessed, but also feeling inexplicably distressed. She climbed up from the brocade mat unconsciously, gently pulled Zhou Yu's sleeves, and asked softly:
"Are you not happy?"
The concern in Qiao Shuang's words warmed Zhou Yu's heart. He turned to look at the beauty and said with a smile: "No, I just heard that you like to hear about Wang Zhoumu. I happened to work with him for a while, so I just thought about it.
, would you like to pick out some of his stories and tell them to you."
"Do you know General Tiangong?" The girl's eyes lit up, she shook his sleeves and shouted: "Please give me a sermon?"
The two people's eyes were facing each other, and Taishi Ci could not help but secretly gasp in surprise.
Good guy, is this the legendary love at first sight?
He regarded Qiao Shuang as his younger sister, and had a good impression of Zhou Yu. He was originally happy to see it happen, but one thing is another. Seeing that the situation continues to develop like this, the next step may be for Qiao Shuang to recommend himself as a pillow. Then
But it's absolutely impossible, absolutely not possible
When Qiao Wan finds out about this in the future, she will definitely make trouble for him!
He coughed quickly and stood up to interrupt, "There are no rules. Don't make trouble. Senior brother and Gong Jin have serious matters to discuss."
Then he cupped his hands toward Zhou Yu and said, "I wonder if Gong Jin came to Xiangyang just to visit, or if he has other important matters?"
"You and I hit it off right away. If there is anything you need to help me with, just say so."
"Although Ci is from Qingzhou and is a guest here, my uncle Huang Chengyan has always been on good terms with Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou. If there are any difficulties, he can help me."
Huang Chengyan is Taishi Ci’s uncle?
This man is a famous scholar in Xiangyang. Zhou Yu has heard of his name for a long time and immediately said with joy: "This is very good. I have something I want to ask you for."
"Hum, follow the pole and climb up."
Seeing Zhou Yu immediately looking away from her without any nostalgia, Qiao Shuang felt a little disappointed and stuck out her tongue in dissatisfaction: 'You little thief, you are so shameless!'
Well, as soon as this chapter was published, a book friend chatted with me privately and said, "I don't know how to play a love triangle like Xiao Qiao, Zhou Yu, and Wang Zheng, right?"
this.
There is no denying that when a woman likes a man, she must have an aspect of adoration. Otherwise, it would not be called admiration. However, this does not mean that the reverse must be true. The so-called admiration must be worship, but admiration may not necessarily be admiration.
Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao are the highest official couples in the Three Kingdoms in my heart.
PS: Just now a book friend gave me a tip. I cried. I haven’t had any tips for a few months. I’m so touched. Thank you!